Wind down on Waiheke in New Zealand s best travel deals
21 Apr, 2021 10:27 PM
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Wander the vines at the Waiheke Festival. Photo / File
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Waiheke Autumn Festival
If you relish the idea of a festival of fabulous wine and food, secure your ticket to the inaugural Waiheke Island Wine and Food Festival it s less than a month away. The threeday event, open from 10am-5pm, begins on Friday, May 14. Restricted to over 18-year-olds, a Festival Passport costs $180. There will be wine-tastings, food-pairings, artworks on display and live music and your ticket covers your return ferry-ride from Auckland with Fullers, plus hop-on, hop-off shuttles for the event s 10 vineyards. The island has accommodation options to suit all budgets.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Warning for Qantas crew members who may have had contact with NZ case
22 Apr, 2021 06:43 AM
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The cleaner who tested positive for Covid-19 worked on both Green and Red zone planes on the same day. Video / Mark Mitchell
The cleaner who tested positive for Covid-19 worked on both Green and Red zone planes on the same day. Video / Mark Mitchell
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Australian health authorities are working with Victoria-based aircrew over fears they may have had contact with an infected New Zealand border worker.
The latest Covid case tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.
The Australian Department of Health said officials would now work with Qantas to identify and assess aircrew based in Victoria who could have been in contact with the infected case.
Stock Takes: Contact, Meridian cleared; Cavalier CEO resigns
22 Apr, 2021 05:30 AM
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Meridian and Contact have been cleared following an investigation into the spilling of water from their South Island dams. Photo / Grant Bradley
Meridian and Contact have been cleared following an investigation into the spilling of water from their South Island dams. Photo / Grant Bradley
The Electricity Authority said it had found that neither Meridian nor Contact had breached trading provisions following an undesirable trading situation (UTS) complaint made by group of power companies. Haast Energy Trading, Ecotricity, Electric Kiwi, Flick Electric, Oji Fibre, Pulse Energy Alliance and Vocus claimed that a UTS involving the spilling of water from November 2019 through to January 2020.
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